27 May 2025 Chaos ensued when the first of the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) aid distribution site opened in the in the Tal al-Sultan area of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The UN Human Rights Office has said … Continue reading →
The following open letter was published on 26 May 2025 signed by more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges. The full list of the signatories can be found here. The text of the letter and footnotes but excluding the … Continue reading →
On 26 May 2025 Anna Foster (AF) interviewed the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland (JE) during the BBC Today radio programme. Egeland was previously United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. The above … Continue reading →
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said its “aircraft struck a number of suspects who were identified operating from a structure adjacent to IDF troops in the area of Khan Younis” on 24 May. Among those killed were nine of Dr … Continue reading →
On 21 May 2025 Anna Foster (AF) interviewed Michael Kleiner (MK), President of the Supreme Court of the Likud Party, during the BBC Today Programme. He is a member of the Likud party to which the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Continue reading →
May 20 The video below shows part of a press briefing at noon on 20 May 2025 by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, dealing with the situation of aid entering Gaza but not being distributed as well as … Continue reading →
On 20 May 2025 the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Lammy, made a statement on Israel to the House of Commons. A transcription of his speech is shown below the video. With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, … Continue reading →
On 20 May Tom Fletcher was interviewed by Anna Foster during the BBC Today Programme. He is the Under-Secretary General in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). He stated during that interview that “There are 14,000 … Continue reading →
Article by Philip Brown, Secretary of United Nations Association Coventry Branch. This is his own personal point of view and does not represent the views of the United Nations Association-UK. 18 May 2025 Last night I could not sleep. I, … Continue reading →
Independent human rights experts have been reporting on Israel’s many flagrant breaches of international humanitarian law since at least 2024. These breaches include crimes against humanity including murder, torture, sexual violence, and repeated forced displacement amounting to forcible transfer, war crimes encompassing indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, including objects indispensable to … Continue reading →